Fox Networks Group today announced its first ever cross-network global premiere event — for Seth MacFarlane‘s passion project, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, on Sunday, March 9, 9-10 PM ET/PT. In addition to premiering on the 10 U.S. networks simulcasting the premiere episode — Fox Broadcasting Company, National Geographic Channel, FX, FXX, FXM, FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports 2, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Mundo and FOX Life — and on the Fox International Channels and National Geographic Channels International, as previously announced, Cosmos will premiere on all 90 National Geographic Channels in 180 countries, as well as 120 Fox-branded channels in 125 countries, making this the largest global launch ever for a television series. Rolling out immediately after the U.S. premiere, international markets will begin airing the premiere episode day and date on both Fox-branded and National Geographic Channels, concluding within one week of the domestic premiere event. The additional 12 episodes will air exclusively on National Geographic Channels outside the U.S.

This first multi-network launch event for Fox Networks Group, along with the series debut on Fox International Channels and National Geographic Channels International, will make Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey available on 220 channels in 181 countries, with an overall footprint of more than half a billion homes.

More than three decades after the debut of “Cosmos: A Personal Voyage,” Carl Sagan’s stunning and iconic exploration of the universe as revealed by science, Seth MacFarlane has teamed with Sagan’s original creative collaborators – writer/executive producer Ann Druyan and co-writer, astronomer Steven Soter – to conceive the 13-part series that will serve as a successor to the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning original series.

COSMOS: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY is hosted by renowned astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. As with the legendary original series, the new COSMOS is the saga of how we discovered the laws of nature and found our coordinates in space and time. The series brings to life never-before-told stories of the heroic quest for knowledge, transporting viewers to new worlds and across the universe for a vision of the cosmos on the grandest – and the smallest – scale. The series invents new modes of scientific storytelling to reveal the grandeur of the universe and re-invent celebrated elements of the original series, including the Cosmic Calendar and the Ship of the Imagination. The most profound scientific concepts are presented with stunning clarity, uniting skepticism and wonder, and weaving rigorous science with the emotional and spiritual into a transcendent experience.

11 Comments

Are you kidding? The Earth spins around the Sun, the Sun spins around the Galaxy and the Galaxy is spinning around the Universe. It’s ALL spin!

Erin • on Feb 13, 2014 3:05 pm

Had a hard time finding info about this (saw the advert on the Weather Channel)… so disappointed to see the day and t9ime conflicts with my 2 fav shows TWD and Revenge. Why oh Why the competition? Hope it is available on Demand… what a shame

FTCS • on Feb 13, 2014 3:05 pm

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is not only brilliant…he is brilliantly humorous and a wonderful communicator.

vighorois • on Feb 13, 2014 3:05 pm

Big Bang Theory: The Reality Show? LOL

VC • on Feb 13, 2014 3:05 pm

Wow, something that could have been a write-off vanity project to keep MacFarlane happy has turned into something more. Happily surprised FOX is pushing this!

Bob the Builder • on Feb 13, 2014 3:05 pm

In addition to Carl Sagan, one of the powerful elements in the original Cosmos series was the music by Vangelis. Knowing Seth’s love of music, I’m sure he’s spent the time finding the right composer for the series. Of course, since Vangelis is still around, maybe he’ll be part of Cosmos again.

ewaf • on Feb 13, 2014 3:05 pm

Yup. He chose alan silvestri, the guy behind back to the future and forest gump

Glenn • on Feb 13, 2014 3:05 pm

Man, I had a hard time finding out what day, date and time this is gonna be on.
I sure hope it’s as good as the first series.
Sagan’s version is a masterpiece.
I’m trying to save up to buy the DVD set and I would like to add the new series one day.